Mike McMillin

Current

Director of Recruiting at Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services LLC

Past

Executive/Corporate Recruiter at Q Investments
VP Recruiting at SummitAlliance Investment Group
Principal at Echelon Group

Principal at Tricom Group
Senior Associate at Korn/Ferry International
Research Associate to Senior Associate at Heidrick & Struggles (prior TMP Executive Search)
MBA Internship at Lehman Brothers
Client Services Rep(401K Group), Brokerage Rep(Central Trading), Transfer Agent(Mutual Funds) at Fidelity Investments
Stockbroker at Stuart James Investment Bankers

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Education

Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
Texas A&M University
Lakehill Preparatory School

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Industry

Financial Services

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Mike McMillin’s Summary

13 years of executive recruiting experience. (7 years in retained executive recruiting, 6 years in corporate executive recruiting)

Mike McMillin’s Experience

Director of Recruiting

Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services LLC

(Financial Services industry)

December 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Manage the recruiting of C-level to mid-management level corporate positions for the firm across all functions.

Cottonwood Financial, headquartered in Las Colinas, Texas, is one of the largest privately-held financial service providers in the retail consumer finance industry.
Executive/Corporate Recruiter

Q Investments

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

February 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 7 months)

Reporting to a Partner, recruited (internally) top tier MBAs and senior level investment professionals to manage the fund. Recruited (externally) C-level to mid-management level positions for fund portfolio companies.
VP Recruiting

SummitAlliance Investment Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Management industry)

February 2003 — January 2005 (2 years)

This was a newly created position. Reporting to the CEO/Founder, recruited (externally) Brokers, Financial Advisors, and CPAs to use SummitAlliance’s managed money solutions. Recruited (internally) C-level to college interns.
Principal

Echelon Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year)

Retained Executive Search
Principal

Tricom Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)

Reporting to the Managing Partner/Founder, executed retained searches for VP and C-level executive positions in early-stage, VC-backed, technology companies.
Senior Associate

Korn/Ferry International

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year)

Reporting to the Managing Partner of the Dallas office, executed retained searches with Venture Capital backed to Fortune 100 companies for VP and C-level executive positions in technology and consumer goods companies.
Research Associate to Senior Associate

Heidrick & Struggles (prior TMP Executive Search)

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1995 — 1999 (4 years)

Reporting to the Managing Partner, executed retained searches for VP and C-level executive positions in technology, consumer goods and financial services industries.
MBA Internship

Lehman Brothers

(Public Company; Investment Management industry)

1994 — 1995 (1 year)
Client Services Rep(401K Group), Brokerage Rep(Central Trading), Transfer Agent(Mutual Funds)

Fidelity Investments

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

1990 — 1994 (4 years)
Stockbroker

Stuart James Investment Bankers

(Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

1990 — 1990 (less than a year)

Mike McMillin’s Education

Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business

MBA, Finance/Marketing, 1993 — 1995
Texas A&M University

BS, Economics, Minor in Business Administration, 1985 — 1989

Activities and Societies:

Corps of Cadets (Squadron 16)
Lakehill Preparatory School

College Prep, 1974 — 1985